This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Australian Explorers
1872 -	Warburton departs Adelaide on his journey to explore central Australia from Alice Springs to Perth. [more]
Australian History
1817 -	In an official dispatch, Governor Lachlan Macquarie advocates the adoption of the name Australia for the continent, as suggested by Matthew Flinders. [more]
World History
1522 -	The first edition of Martin Luther's German translation of the New Testament is published. [more]
1741 -	A strange substance known as "Angel Hair" falls over Selborne, England. [more]
1897 -	The famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter is published. [more]
1964 -	Today is Malta's Independence Day. [more]
2003 -	The mission of the Galileo space probe ends, after it has collected much data on Jupiter. [more]

Thought For Today The Lord gives strength to his people and blesses them with peace.
Psalms 29:11 (c) GNB
When times of testing come, and they always do, rely on the Almighty to give you the inner strength to succeed.